I'll Listen to You

After leaving the training ground, Chen Lie went to the restaurant for a meal.

On the way, he unexpectedly met Luo Zhixun.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Luo Zhixun immediately asked, "Chen Lie, are you alright?"

What could possibly be wrong with me?

"I heard Lu Qingyun challenged you to Duel Platform? Did you get hurt?"

Chen Liedao, "No, I didn't lose."

"Your strength has truly surprised me; even Lu Qingyun is no match for you."

"It seems I'm not far from reaching the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm," Luo Zhixun said.

Chen Lie nodded and said, "More or less."

"So, you've already completed the Skin Refining and Muscle Refining refining steps?" Luo Zhixun's eyes flashed.

"Not yet." Chen Lie shook his head.

"No? How could you have almost reached the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm without it?" Luo Zhixun asked, puzzled.

"All that's left is to Skin Refining and the Muscle Refining," Chen Lie replied.

"Huh? Doesn't that mean there's still a gap between that and the Ultimate Realm?"

Luo Zhixun was taken aback. She had started Muscle Refining half a month ago, and now she was only one step away from completing Muscle Refining. Because of the "Thunder Sound Tiger Leopard Body Tempering Technique," an Outer Stars martial art, her body refining speed was already very fast.

Chen Lie hasn't yet Skin Refining and Muscle Refining. Even if his martial arts progresses rapidly, it will still take him at least a month to complete these two steps.

"The difference isn't significant," Chen Lie said.

Hearing Chen Lie's reply, Luo Zhixun could only nod. "Then our strengths are similar, we must find time to have a good exchange on martial arts."

"Okay, I'll go eat first."

"Okay, see you later!"

Luo Zhixun smiled and waved to Chen Lie.

After saying goodbye to Luo Zhixun, Chen Lie went to the restaurant, got lunch, and started eating.

After finishing his meal, Chen Lie went to the Martial Artist Association's resource search application office.

Upon entering, Chen Lie went to the counter. "I'm here to apply for a martial arts resource search."

The staff member looked up at Chen Lie: "Please show your identification."

Chen Lie nodded, handed his Student Card to the staff member, and stepped forward to verify his identity.

"Hello, Chen Lie, your identity has been verified and is accurate."

The Optical Computer system indicates that you are Grandmaster Seed Member of the Provincial Youth Genius Group, and you now have three opportunities to search for resources.

Opportunities to search for resources will not expire at the end of the month, but will automatically carry over to the next month.

"Should we use all three opportunities?" the staff member asked.

Chen Lie said directly, "We used them all."

"OK!"

The staff member operated the Optical Computer for a while, then handed Chen Lie a request form to search for resources.

"You can write down three rare Martial Dao Rare Treasure on the application form."

However, please note that you must fill in martial arts resources that can be found within the Chuanshan Eight Provinces; otherwise, the search may fail and your opportunity will be wasted.

"Okay, I understand!"

Chen Lie nodded. On the application form, he didn't dare to fill in any particularly rare martial arts resources. Instead, just like last time, he filled in three 800-year-old Spirit Medicine, making the conditions extremely lenient.

After finishing writing, Chen Lie returned the application form to the staff.

The staff member took the application form and quickly entered the information into the Optical Computer.

He then Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, the resource search is complete. If all goes well, we should have results within a week."

Please pay 250,000 points.

"Good!"

Chen Lie nodded and used his Student Card to earn 250,000 points.

After checking his points balance, Chen Lie found that he still had 1.73 million points left, which was after he had just been awarded 100,000 points Grandmaster Seed.

After leaving the resource-hunting area, Chen Lie felt a deep sense of inadequacy in his resources.

"Now that my cultivation progress has increased, my need for cultivation resources will only grow larger and more extensive in the future."

Next month's competition among the Genius Group members will be a battle of wits, and I absolutely must secure that million points for the Martial Leader.

The rewards for winning first place in the Three Rivers Martial Tournament are sure to be generous; don't miss out!

As Chen Lie spoke, he walked to the Martial Artist Association's Flying Bus stop and took the Flying Bus home.

On the Flying Bus, Chen Lie received a message on his Communicator.

I saw that it was a message from the Provincial Youth Genius Group group.

Gu Tian: "Congratulations to Chen Lie and Song Yixuan for being selected as Grandmaster Seed Members."

Your information will be reported throughout East River Province by major official media outlets, allowing the 70 million people of East River Province to celebrate your achievements in martial arts.

After glancing at the message, Chen Lie left the Genius Group's group chat.

In the next ten minutes or so, Chen Lie indeed received several news articles popping up from the official media of East River Province.

The news content consisted entirely of photos and text about Chen Lie and Song Yixuan being recognized Grandmaster Seed.

After glancing at the news for a few moments, Chen Lie turned off his Communicator.

Not long after, the Flying Bus Flying Bus at the station, and Chen Lie got off.

Just as Chen Lie reached his doorstep, his Communicator rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was actually his mother Feng Yuelan's classmate.

Chen Lie answered the phone immediately.

"Chen Lie, are you practicing martial arts right now?"

"No, what's wrong, Mom?"

"Could you come over to Mom's workplace? Something's come up."

"Okay, I'll be right there, I should be there in about half an hour."

Chen Lie hung up the Communicator and immediately turned around and headed to his mother's workplace.

Chen Lie recalled that because his father was in the military, his mother was the deputy director of an office in the Military Affairs Office of Changdong City. This was a relatively low-level leadership position in a grassroots military organization, and her salary was much lower than that of a municipal worker at the same deputy county level.

We boarded the Flying Bus again and headed to the Military Affairs Office in Changdong City.

It took Chen Lie about half an hour to finally arrive at the entrance of the Military Affairs Office.

As soon as I entered, a staff member approached me and asked, "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

"No, I'm looking for someone."

"Looking for someone?" the staff member asked, puzzled.

"I'm looking for my mother. She's the deputy director of the military affairs department, her name is Feng Yuelan."

"Looking for Director Feng? I'll go ask him."

Just as the staff member was about to leave, a girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old walked up.

Then he approached Chen Lie and asked, "Are you Chen Lie?"

Chen Lie nodded.

"Aunt Feng asked me to pick you up. Please come with me."

After the girl finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the second floor.

Upon hearing this, Chen Lie followed.

They arrived at the door of an office, and Chen Lie followed her inside.

As soon as he entered the room, Chen Lie saw his mother, Feng Yuelan, talking to a woman in her early forties.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Feng Lan stood up and went over to him. "Chen Lie, you've come?"

Chen Lie hummed in agreement, then asked, "Well, what did you want to see me about?"

"Did it interfere with your martial arts practice?"

Feng Yuelan knew that the competition for the Provincial Youth Genius Group would be fierce, and that every second counted in martial arts training, so she would not easily delay her son's time.

"No, I'm already home," Chen Liedao.

Feng Yuelan then said, "I asked you to come here because I wanted you to sign something."

A few days ago, your dad and I discussed it and decided that since you are at a crucial stage in your martial arts training, there's no need for him to keep his Military Merit.

I'm going to use my Military Merit merits to exchange for the martial arts resources you need. I'm currently filling out the application form for exchanging Military Merit.

Since your dad isn't here, you can sign in his place.

"Okay!"

Feng Yuelan took out a "Military Merit Exchange Application," handed it to Chen Lie Chen Lie, gave him some money, and pointed to the form, saying, "Just sign your name here and here."

Chen Lie took the pen and, as his mother had instructed, signed his name in two places on the application form.

The woman next to him, who looked to be around forty years old, said, "Yuelan, I remember Gequn's Military Merit were worth quite a bit of money, weren't they?"

Even Martial Dao Rare Treasure can be exchanged.

"Yes." Feng Yuelan nodded.

"Such a precious thing, just used up like that?"

"When the time comes, we should use it. Our child works hard practicing martial arts, and as parents, we can't help with anything else, so we can't be stingy with these things, can we?"

"Besides, this Military Merit merit was originally prepared by his father for his child," Feng Yuelan said.

"I remember Chen Lie had a younger sister, didn't he? How could his daughter be willing to let her son use his Military Merit?"

As parents, we must treat all our children equally.

In response, Feng Yuelan simply said, "There's nothing I can do; my son definitely needs resources right now."

"Oh? Chen Lie's martial arts achievements are so good that he actually needs Martial Dao Rare Treasure?" The woman looked at Chen Lie.

Feng Yuelan introduced, "Chen Lie, this is your Aunt Mei. You met her a few years ago, don't you remember?"

Chen Lie naturally forgot about people who were practically strangers to him.

On both occasions, Feng Yuelan explained to Chen Lie that the middle-aged woman's name was Wang Mei, who was Feng Yuelan's colleague and also worked in the military affairs department.

After being introduced, Chen Lie finally greeted her as "Aunt Mei" and then said, "My martial arts achievements are barely passable."

"What level is 'barely passable'? Is there any hope of joining the Genius Training Camp?" Wang Mei asked.

"I've already left the Genius Training Camp."

"You're out? You're 19? So you're already in school?"

Chen Lie simply shook his head.

After signing the form, Chen Lie gave it to his mother.

Feng Yuelan introduced Chen Lie, "By the way, the one who brought you in just now is your Aunt Mei's daughter, Zhou Yunshu. She attends Martial Arts High School in Yunchuan Province. She's a sophomore this year and just transferred to Dongchuan Province Key High School a few days ago, which is the high school you were in before."

Upon hearing his mother's introduction, Chen Lie wanted to greet Zhou Yunshu, but saw that Zhou Yunshu was looking down at her Communicator.

Wang Mei then reminded her, "Yun Shu, your family is saying hello to you."

Zhou Yunshu looked up at Chen Lie and said, "Hello!"

Chen Lie nodded and replied, "Hello."

Feng Yuelan Chen Liedao, "Son, there's nothing for you to do here. Go and do your own thing."

"Good."

Chen Lie nodded, pushed open the door, and left the office.

After Chen Lie left, Wang Mei asked, "Yuelan, I remember your son should be a senior in high school this year, right? Did he get into the Genius Training Camp?"

"She went in, but she's out now," Feng Yuelan said.

"What do you mean? I remember the Genius Training Camp uses a bottom-elimination system, where the worst performer gets eliminated. Could it be Chen Lie— "

"Of course not!" Feng Yuelan shook her head.

At this moment, Zhou Yunshu came across a news article pushed by the official media of East River Province on the Martial Dao Channel of the Communicator.

The title is "[Introduction of Chen Lie and Song Yixuan, the two newly added Grandmaster Seed in the East River Provincial Genius Group]".

Upon seeing the title, Zhou Yunshu immediately clicked to view the content.

The more she looked, the more alarmed she became. The photos and text in the news feed were of Chen Lie from earlier!

Is he a member of the Dongchuan Province Youth Talent Group, or even Grandmaster Seed?

"Aunt Feng, you just said that Senior Chen Lie and I are in the same high school group. We entered the Genius Training Camp and then came out. Did he get promoted to the Provincial Youth Genius Group?" Zhou Yunshu couldn't help but ask.

"How did you know?" Feng Yuelan, puzzled.

"I just saw the news pushed by the official media of East River Province. Senior Chen Lie has been selected as Grandmaster Seed Member."

Wang Mei asked in surprise, "What? Chen Lie is a member of the Provincial Youth Genius Group?"

Feng Yuelan frankly admitted, "Yes, we just made it into the Provincial Genius Group."

"Chen Lie's martial arts talent is that high? I didn't even know your son was shortlisted for the Provincial Youth Genius Group. You've done a great job keeping it a secret!" Wang Mei said.

I certainly didn't make a fuss.

"No wonder Chen Lie needs Martial Dao Rare Treasure to practice; his talent is worthy of it."

"How come you can't help but show off with such a successful son?" Wang Mei couldn't help but ask.

Feng Yuelan simply smiled and did not reply.

"Aunt Feng, could you ask Chen Lie to add me as a friend on Green Bubble?"

"I've always been in Cloud River Province. I'm quite unfamiliar with the environment when I first came to East River Province. Chen Lie is from the same school as me, so I can ask him for advice," Zhou Yunshu said.

"Okay, then I'll go back and talk to him," Feng Yuelan said.

"Thank you, Aunt Feng. I'll add you a Green Bubble first, and you can send me Chen Lie's student information," Zhou Yunshu said.

"Good!"

Feng Yuelan took out her Communicator, left Zhou Yunshu with a Green Bubble, and sighed that her son was really popular with girls now.

Joining the Provincial Youth Genius Group truly makes him a dragon among men.

She used to think that her son was not good enough for Lu Qingchan, the daughter of Chen Lie's father's comrade-in-arms, but now she sees that he is perfectly good enough for her.

Even if they suddenly become the sons of the powerful and wealthy.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie arrived home aboard Flying Bus.

As soon as I entered the house, my younger sister, Chen Xingyao, came to greet me.

"Brother, have you finally come, Lord?"

Chen Lie hummed in response and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Xingyao said, "Today, a strange person came to the school looking for me. He claimed that I have excellent spiritual talent and even invited me to join the Blue Star Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association."

Chen Lie asked, "So, how are you?"

"At the time, I didn't know anything and just thought about it some more. Then he explained to me in detail how great the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association was, how many privileges I could enjoy, and how I would never have to worry about cultivation resources again."

I didn't give him an answer then; he's coming to visit my parents tonight.

Chen Lie nodded and asked, "So what are your thoughts? Are you willing to join the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association?"

"What do you mean I don't understand, brother? You're right, I'll listen to you. If you tell me to do something, I'll do it."

"Wasn't this person supposed to visit tonight? Let's wait until he arrives," Chen Lie said.